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RE: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research
From: "Michel Py" <michel () arneill-py sacramento ca us>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 20:28:30 -0700
SD> That's less than $400 per defective motherboard. SD> Your paper estimates it would cost more than double SD> to replace a scrambled BIOS.
Edward B. Dreger Definitely sounds high, especially considering the cheap end with socketed a DIPP BIOS: Boot from "loaner" BIOS chip. Remove loaner BIOS. Insert chip containing scrambled BIOS. Flash.
Indeed. I found out that in most cases the loaner BIOS does not even have to come from the same brand PC and in many cases it will allow to boot DOS to flash the original BIOS back even if it was for another chipset. As far as re-installing Windows, it just takes a few minutes when you have something like Symantec Ghost or Altiris client. Michel.
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- Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research Sean Donelan (Jun 04)
- Re: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research Mark Kent (Jun 04)
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- Re: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research vern (Jun 04)
- Re: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research Sean Donelan (Jun 05)
- Re: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research Edward B. Dreger (Jun 05)
- RE: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research Michel Py (Jun 05)
- Re: Worst case worm damage estimates: Research Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Jun 05)